The Soil Block Test: Potential for improving our understanding of the role of soil source on performance

The soil block test is widely used in North America for evaluating the decay resistance of various wood-based materials. One drawback of this test is that soils from different sources may result in variable wood weight losses. Developing more definitive screening criteria for soils would help select...

• Main Author: Castillo Monroy, A. (author)
• Format: article
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: brown rot; soil block test; soil texture; water holding capacity; white rot
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2013.11.010; http://dspace.utpl.edu.ec/handle/123456789/19182